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Terms and Qualifications
Schoolhouse Rock - Formal Powers of the President
The Electrical College
Presidential Abuse of Informal Powers?
Teddy Roosevelt Bar Trivia Night
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Does the President need to be a natural born citizen? Define natural born citizen.
Yes. A person born abroad to American citizen parents or someone born in the United States. (Someone who is an American at birth)
100
The President is the commander in chief. What does that mean?
It means the armed forces are subject to the President's direct and immediate control.
100
Is it possible for a candidate to lose the popular vote but win the electoral vote?
Yes
100
Does the President command the air force, even though it's not in the Constitution as a presidential power?
Yes, as an informal power
100
How many terms can the president be elected to? Teddy Roosevelt only had 1 term :(
2 terms
200
What is the age requirement to be president?
35 years of age
200
Describe the President's role as executor of law. What does the President do in this role?
The President is the director of the executive branch. He directs and manages the executive branch, getting people in that branch to do their jobs they way they are supposed to be done.
200
What state is worth the most electoral votes?
California
200
What is an executive order?
An order from the president about how the law will be enforced
200
Who becomes President if the President is assassinated in office?
Vice President
300
How long is a presidential term?
4 years
300
Describe how the President can be delegated power by Congress.
Congress can pass a law, like the Antiquities Act, and give the President the power to enforce it.
300
How are electoral votes in a state awarded under the electoral college system?
By popular vote in every state. Most are chosen at large, meaning that it is a winner-take-all sort of thing. The candidate receiving the largest popular vote in a state regularly wins all of that State's electoral votes.
300
How can they President send troops or respond to emergencies in places we have not declared war on?
It's sometimes called a "police action"
300
Teddy Roosevelt's motto: "Speak softly, and _____"
Carry a big stick
400
Name two informal qualifications for President.
Gender, education, party affiliation, religion, etc...
400
Describe some differences between the President of the United States and leaders of other nations. Which role differentiate the President from the Queen of England?
Chief of state: the President is the ceremonial head of the government, the symbol of all the people of the nation.
400
What is a Super Pac?
A political action committee
400
2 of the President's roles are not explicitly given in the Constitution. Name and describe them.
Chief of Party: the acknowledged leader of the political party that controls the executive branch. Chief Citizen: the President is expected to be the representative of all the people.
400
Teddy Roosevelt exercised power in South America as a "world policeman" by building the ______ with his bare hands
Panama Canal
500
What is the max amount of time someone can be president, if they were to ascend to the presidency from Vice President status for 2 years?
10 years
500
Describe the Presidential role in legislating.
This means that the President is the main architect of U.S. public policy. He does this by setting the overall shape of the congressional agenda, and by initiating, suggesting, requesting, insisting, and demanding that Congress enact much of its major legislation.
500
Would the Framers of the Constitution like the current electoral college process? Why or why not?
Answers may vary.
500
How might President Trump "build a wall" on our Southern border and make Mexico pay for it if he cannot convince Congress to pay for it?
Through an "Art of the Deal" with Mexico in making foreign agreements
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Teddy Roosevelt and his infamous "trust busting" in the 20th century is an example of the President's role in:
Enforcing the law